Rookie decorating mistakes you’re making in the kitchen...

They say that the kitchen is the hub of the home. What they don’t tell you is that it needs your decorative attention, immediately.

The kitchen is a space we use every day, but we tend to neglect it on the style front. Here are five rookie decorating mistakes you’re making in this zone and how you can correct your wicked ways.

Your tea towels are sad

Tea towels were once considered a necessary evil because you needed them on standby, but oh my did they look horrible.

Times have changed, though, and tea towels are now decked out with designs that allow you to add a tonne of personality to your kitchen.

They also introduce some much-needed softness to the space. And in a room that’s considered quite hard in terms of the materials it houses, this is a welcome burst of fabric...